So we ran from the "normal" people and their status games into our nerd caves, where computers don't mind us speaking to them in a very direct way. And made the Internet, so that we can talk to other nerds like us.

But then it turned out there's money in being able to talk to computers. And because of that, those people we ran from are trying to invade our little hiding place.

Hey I know there’s a lot of #Linux users in the #fediverse. Why and how should I, as a not very tech-savvy Windows 10 user, switch to Linux, and which distro should I use? I’ve been thinking about switching for a while but I want some expert opinions.

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OH: "Yeah, that's a good point. I can code, so I suppose I could just built this functionality myself. That's what's great about Slack. If you want something it doesn't have, you might be able to find it, or buy it... but you can very likely build some version of it."

That's some serious Stockholm Syndrome right there. Plus, super annoying how corporations are hijacking the opensource spirit of DIY.

@kev Very true. If I recall, the official list of instances is organized by instance/size instead of topic, right? Maybe that should be flipped? Like a word cloud of topics -> click -> instances for that topic?